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THE ADAIR COUNT NEWSiProgram.Program of Fifth SundayMinisters meeting to be heldwith Fair View Church Nov.30 and Dec, 1st 1912.SATURDAY MORNING NOV. 30.Song service by choir conducted by W. C. Shepherd.Devotional exercises by Pastor.District mission work by M.L.Shepherd, W. A." Breeding andW. T. Mitchell.Ought the minister to be compensated by D. C. Hopper.IntermissionAFTERNOON SESSION.Music by the Choir,Temperance, by Rev. M. T.Grimes and E. G. Wilson.Co-operation of the church andpastor by Rev. W. F. J. Wilson.Sunday Morning Dec. 1st 1912Devotional exercises by M. T.Grimes.Music by choir.What has Baptist principlesbeen worth to the world, byRevs. J. S. Wade and C. F.Breeding.Value of Sunday school tochurch by Rev. B. F. Vails andAaron Wilson.NOON. .Afternoon Session.Music by the choir.Spiritual betterment of thechurch by Rev. J. R. Grider andJ. M. Williams.MusicAdjournmen.W. A Breeding, )S. T. Hopper, Committee.W. T. Mitchell, )- - m m mGainesville, Ga.There may be some one thatwould like to read a letter fromthe South, so I will attempt towrite a few lines to the good oldNews.People are done pulling fodderwhat little they had. Where theselittle creeks and river bottomshad plenty of corn last year, onthem, have not a stalk on themthis year. But the people didnot make a complete failure onthem, the bottoms and everywhere else, had an abundance ofcrab grass. Nearly every bodyis done making syrup. Gottenpicking is the day, just about ahalf a crop in this vicinity. Cotton pickers can get from 50 to60c a hundred. Cotton is the latest this year for years.Cotton is low, it's selling all theway from 10 ro 12c a pound.Short crops, low prices, and highcost of living as the people say,"that hard time will whisperclose to their doors the ensuingyear."We had tvyo'or three cool spellsand it was reported a little fro3twas seen one morning, it was solight, it did not injury any of thelate vegetation.The state election has passed, itwas first Wednesday in Oct. andeverything is quite, here it getting close to the national election. But the people don't say.much about it, only they sayWilson will be our next President, Eldora George.Arbor Day is Fixed by the Governor. 0Frankfort, Ky., Oct, 14 Governor McCreary to-day issued aproclamation designating November 13 as Arbor -Day, urgingthe people to plant trees and paymore attention to their conservation The proclamation follows: jI, James B. McCreary, Gbv-1ernor of the Commonwealth, doissue this proclamation designs t-1ing Wednesday, Nov., 13, 1912,as Arbor Gay for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and requestits observance by the planting oftrees, or such other appropriateexercises as may be deemedproper.The attention of all the peopleand especially teachers and pupils of the colleges and school iscalled to the importance of planting trees.A priceless heritage has beenwasted in Kentucky and1 weshould strive to do our duty bymaking every proper effort for arenewal of our forest. Otherstates are giving much attentionto Arbor Day. In one State over !one million trees were planted onArbor Day, and the benefit derived from other States wasgreat.More attention should be givento the common observance of Arbor Day in Kentucky than hasbeen given heretofore. Treesplanted on the next Arbor Daywill add to the beauty of theneighborhood, and to the wealthand welfare of the future, andsupply the increasing need inmany parts of the State. Schoolhouse yards, home yards andpublic roads shouid be beautifiedwith trees. Our national forestsare diminishing and we must notonly save what is left of the forests, but we must reforest thecut over, the burnt over and theunforested districts of the State.November 15 is the date uponwhich the counties of Kentuckywill set out the Arboratum in thecapitol here.Early Laying Pullets.A Single Comb WhitelLeghornpullet that laid her first egg just4 months and 14 days from thedate of her hatching, is one ofthe results of Breeding for earlymaturity obtained by the Collegeof Agriculture, Ohio State University. The usual age at whichpullets begin laying is about 6months. This extraordinary fowlwas one of a group of 720 thatwere hatched at the same time.Five or six others from thisgroup began laying much earlierthan ordinary fowls, showingthat it pays to breed for earlymaturity. They were from theYesterlaid strain of Single CombWhite Leghorn, that have beeni bred especially to develop earlylaying. It may be interesting toknow just how this flock was fed.From the first day to the sixthweek they received twice a day agrain ration of 2 lbs. fine crackedcorn and 3 lbs cracked wheat.Up until the twenty-first daythey also received three times aday a moist mash composed of 4pounds rolled oats; 3 lbs. cornmeal; 3 lbs. wheat middlings; 6lbs wheat bran; 4 lbs, sifted meatscraps; 2 lbs. alfalfa 'meal; lb.bone meal; i lb. fine charcoal.This was mixed with skimed milkor buttermilk and fed in shallowtrays. From the sixth week tomaturity they received a grainration of 2 lbs. whole wheat, fedin open hoppers. From the twenty-firstday to maturity they received a mash composed of 1 lb.rolled oats; 1 lb. corn meal; 1 lb.wheat middlings; 2 lbs. wheatbran; 1 lb. sifted meat scraps; &lb. alfalfa meal; 2 oz. fine charcoal. This was fed dry in hoppers. In addition they weregiven green foods and grits.SELECT CULLING?Milkweed as a Food.One of the economic triumphs of theuse is the utilization of waste materia!,utul the u-e of weeds as food staplesis a phase of this triumph.The most interesting of these new"weed foods" Is milkweed, the common, wild variety that grows in everjirocky pasture, in meadows and byroad sides in abundance. Its large,thick, smooth leaves are familiar to ail.and its deep, dull pink tuft of flowersand. later, its seed pods, filled witbdelicate floss and flat brown seeds.When it Is broken off a thick, white,milky juice exudes. This is rich innutrition. This common and luxuriantweed is now being cultivated in gardens as a valuable food staple airlmakes one of the most delicious ofvegetables It tastes almost exactlylike asparagus and is cooked in muchthe same "way as spinach. It has been jfound to be rich in natural salts and ,nutrition and is easily cultivated.Mrs. M. P. Haskell in Leslie's.Save the BabiesIDr. Edward B. Phelps of New Yorktold the delegates to the recent international congress of hygiene at Washington about the enormous death rateamong babies in the United States. liealso told them how infant lives mightbe saved and how they were now sacrificed by sin, poverty, neglect and ignorance, lie said among other things:"Fifty-five million babies are bornInto the world each year. But of them15,000,000 more than one-fourth diebefore they reach the age of one year.This mean3 that about 40,000 babiesdie every day in the year, or that onevery other tick of the clock an infantlife goes out. To this terrible harvestof infant lives the United States contributes 1,000 a day. There are thebest reasons for believing that at least50 per cent of the world's infant mortality Is readily preventable, and thecivilized countries are just beginningto awake to that fact." New YorkWorld.America Through German Spectacles."When we 'say 'America' wo meanour own country," writes an Americanstudent from Berlin, "but here thatgeographical term covers a larger territory, and when a native speaks of a'brother in America ho may refer to acoffee grower at Rio or a miner or merchant at Caracas. This 'greater America and the German lack of knowledgeas to when to draw the line betweennorth and south were shown at a theater here recently. In a little play onescene represented a barroom in a Nevada mining camp. The bar was anelaborate affair; there was carpet onthe floor, and, to cap all. the patronswore costumes such as one sees inBrazil. The "tough man wore a sombrero ornamented with tiny bells, andthe hero's dress would have been appropriate for the chorus In 'Carmen.' 'New York Tribune.The Cheese Wisconsin Makes.That Wisconsin last year sent NewYork 1,000,000 pounds of cheese is aninteresting fact brought out by somestatistics just prepared by the agricultural economics department of the University of Wisconsin. Wisconsin isnow the leading cheese producing statein the "Union, having wrested the honor of Grst place from New York. Fifteen million pounds of cheese weresent to Illinois alone last year, and orthis great amount 10,500,000 went tothe city of Chicago. Missouri was sent8,000,000 pounds. Texas 7,500,000 andGeorgia 5,500,000. Iowa, Tennessee. Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana. Nebraskaand Ohio were each sent 3.000.00Upounds of cheese. Six million poundswere sent to Kansas City, while St.Louis and Omaha each received nearly3.000.000 pounds.Leigh Hunt's Daughter.General surprise will probably be teltat the announcement that Leigh Hunt'syoungest daughter is sUll alive at tinage of eighty-four. Leigh Hunt himself was born in 17S-1. and it was exactly 100 years ago that he was finedand imprisoned for describing the regent as a "corpulent Adonis of fifty,so that his daughter represents a remarkable link with the past. Thedaughter, who is now ill and in reduced circumstances, married the lateCharles Smith Cheltnam. who died inApril of this year after a remarkablydiverse career In which he was suecessively a wood engraver, art critic tothe Illustrated London News, manager of the Morning Chronicle. -editorof the Belgravia Magazine and one ofthe subeditors of the Daily TelegraphLondon Globe.Mulai Hafid and His Souvenirs.Mulai Ilafid, the ex-sultan of Morocco, took back to Tangier more than500,000 worth of souvenirs bought dining his stay In France. His purchasesare extensive. They include cows,phonographs, pianos, fountain pens,dolls and even sugar. Several carswere necessary to take this "luggage"to Marseilles, and the ex-sultan showed considerable displeasure when Itwas explained that he could uot haveall his treasures sent to his hotel.Aerial Flights For Tuberculosis.If you have incipient consumptiontake a flight in an airship. Dr. Fleinming, an eminent authority on tuberculosis. Jecturlng recently before theBerlin Aeronautical association, described the benefits of high altitudesupon those afflicted and asserted thatfifteen minutes' exposure to the sun'srays during an airship flight at highjdtitude was certain death to the bacilli5f tuberculosis. Ex-change.TIMELY HINTSFOR FARMERSUse of Scales In Feeding.The best and practically the oui?way one cau tell whether his animulsare making proper gains or not is bythe use or scales, writes W. A. Popkein farm and Fireside.A friend of mine who gave me thedata used here tried this on a colt lastyear. The colt weighed ICO poundswhen foaled and was weighed everyweek for the first six months, withthe following results: Three and threefourth pounds average daily gain firstmonth, three and oue-fourth poundsaverage daily gain second month, threepounds average daily gain third aurtfourth months, two and one-half poundsaverage dally gain the fifth and sixthmonths.At ten months the colt weighed S70pounds and had made a daily gain ofabout two and one-fourth pounds,which is very good for a grade Percberon. .The colt was allowed all the wholeoats and bran it would clean up untillive months old. Iler mother was worked nearly every day. and the colt sucked four times a day from S o'clock inthe morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. At night both mare and coltwere turned out to pasture.The winter ration consisted of a mixture of five pounds of whole oats, twopounds of shelled corn and five quartsof sklmmllk daily. A small amount ofsilage and mixed hay for roughagewere also fed.Start Early With the Colt,.lust about the time the colt beginsto see how close he can come to hismother's ears with his heels while sheIs feeding is the time to slip a stronglittle halter on him. And this shouldbe repeated every day. Short lesson.;and frequent should be the rule. Leadthe mare along and the colt will naturally follow by her side. He learns firstobedience to the halter, which servesto keep him in line. Gradually extendthe lessons, and training the colt tolead to bailer will in the end be foundto be practically no effort for eitherman or colt. Walt till the colt Is ayear or more old and the result will bedangerous struggling, with fair chancesof a poorly broken horse.The Uniform Flock.It the hens are badly mixed secure apure bred, vigorous cockerel of thebreed you most prefer. If the use ofpure bred males Is continued the oflspring will be one-half pure the firstyear, three-fonrths pure the secondyear, and seven-eighths the third. Bythis time the flock will have becomefairly uniform. To secure an early maturing vigorous flock eliminate theweaker pullets, save the strong henthat are free from white diarrhea, andget a strong pure bred cockerel. Couutry Gentleman.CLEANLINESSAND HOG HEALTH,Three Essentials Necessary toWell Being oi Herd,The three things I thiuk absolutelyssential to the health of the Herd areclean feed, pure water and dry. comfortable sleeping quarters, writes anIllinois hog grower In the AmericanAgriculturist The food of the hogshould be as clean as that given anyother animal, because every particle ofdirt. Glth and indigestible mattertaken into the stomach impairs digestion and reduces the gain as well as injures the health of the animal. Thenshould be a clean feeding floor in winter or when it is too muddy to feedelsewhere.It is a law of uature that the excrement of all animals is poisonous tothemselves, but not to other animalsHogs may follow cattle without injury, but the thing most essential andmost difficult is to keep the food ofthe hog from becoming contamiuafedwith his own excrement: hence t thevalue of the feeding floor and the iiuportance of keeping It clean. Be sureto locate the floor where the sun canshine on it.A pig will not walk eighty rods toget a drink of clean water If water ofany kind, no matter how filthy, is nearer. The pig's body is -10 per cent water, and if the supply is below normalrequirements gains will be proportionately low and the health of the animals impairedFeeding the Colt Well.The colt that must stand the stormsof winter on a poor ration will comethrough thin in flesh and wabbly legged. If he ever makes a first elashorse he may be lame. Stunted thefirst winter may mean stunted Torlife There is uo doubt that bloodwill tell in horses, but a man canstarve that blood until It Is hardly ableto tell anything but a story of badtreatment.Profit In Brood Sows.It costs about S10 to keep a breedingsow a year If she gives you twolitters of pigs each year there shouldbe a clear profit of at least $20 fromher, and you have your sow left inthe bargain.ROUND THE GLOBEHalf of Cuba's tobacco crop is exported. Of London - inhabitants "jno per 1.000are country bornThe bulk or the Swiss mail is illustrated post cards.The adult white male population ofthe Transvaal totals lUS.OOO.There are 2.G00 miles of railroadwithin the city limits of Chicago.The controversy regarding Mars being an inhabited planet began In 1S77.This year's hay crop In England andWales has been seriously damaged byrain.Shipping casualties of all nationalities last year totaled 10S vessels, witha tonnage of 114,231.A toy shop in Washington once frequented by Lincoln and lite son. "Tad."Is soon to be torn downOil is declared certain to supersedecoal for fuel on boats within a veryfew years. Cheaper and cleaner.Tokyo has a female population of752,000. and of these 191,000 are employed outside of their own familiesAfter many tests under governmentsupervision in Germany, salt has beenfound the best preservative for butterWomen occupy an important positionIn the public services of France, nofewer than 153.02S being so employed.According to experiments in Grrman schools, girls seem to have t bgcolor sense better developed than boysAccording to recent official statistics,the estimated population of Ron man inat the end of the year 1911 was 7.0Sfi.?n;United States annually expends $2,000,000.000 for liquors, $1,200,000,000for tobaccos and $500,000,000 for motors. One year's supply of coal for NewYork, loaded into fifty ton cars, wouldmake a train reaching from that cityto Salt Lake City.The looser tho snow as it lies on theground the greater its power to protect v isolation beneath it, accordingto German scientists.There were 7,750 cremations of human bodies In Switzerland last year,an increase of 22 per cent over thenumber for the year before.The Invention of a dame derivedfrom electric energy that will not giveoff heat is claimed by a French scientist who is keeping the details secret.Collars and cuffs made of the curdof goat's milk, dried and compressed,the invention of a Parisian, are said towear nearly ns well as celluloid articles. A report from Berlin pays that fashionable women of that city are carrvIng silver spoons in a case for use' Irthey partake of ices in a confectioner -shopMarried in a ballroom, spooned in theclouds, landed In a pig sty. is the expcrience of a Kansas City couple wl.owent up in a balloon for their honeymoon.Ninety thousand horses perish everyyear on Manhattan Island, and no fewerthan 0.."00 of these succumb to glantiers eonnnuuicated by filthy- horsetroughsCaps and masks made of aluminiui:.tubing, through which either hot orold water can be circulated, have bo:invented by a Vienna scientist for un-a-jstirgiral compresses.Cheese is coining more and more infavor for lunches in England. In at.ditiou to the homemade product thenwas consumed last year importedcheese that cost Sai.71G.000.The number of meals given to schoochildren in England last year was Id.S72.O0O The cost was 153.000. ..:which only l.:7." was received fro:-I.-ireiia- voluntary contributions.A method for stopping a teak in .vessel with compressed air, at tic-nine time pieventiug injury to ntlicparts of the vessel has been succefiilly tested In the United States nawBesides the sparrows and the pigeouwhich iiilmh' fh atmosphere of Lm.don. then i- i .teat uest of crow-, inUniv's ! -t survivor of uunieious rookciio w uich u-ed to exist inthe old buildings of the city.:-i gold mines, in one of wlm J.t ricli ' Chi is reported to have hei-truck, li.i i- been systematically vored lor tivci .t venrs Gold was tr.-i jd. -covered in the prhu ipulity in 1M" iui a lode on the Clogan mountainsi:acou seems to be even better ii!in England than beef The imponbacon last ear were 4.S0S.7.!S hundredHeight against oi(J.oSJ) In 101U. whenas the imports of frozen beef we-,-mailer in 11)11 CJ.12O.07U than in liiii::.7ii:.S7SiA passenger on a German steaineiiifiei trying various remedies for mmsn-kiu'ss. ate a pancake with (('crinaiicranberries and found himself promptly cured All the steamers of that Iiunow have "Pfannkucbon mit Pref.-eheeren" on their menuCyprus, which wishes to unite with"recce. Is nnlj nominally Turkish, lorsince ls7s. the whole of the administrativc power has been wielded U.Jre-it Britain The island wa- :tjured by the Turks In 1570. w-hei-Seliin11-.. with an army of (iii.OOO. conil.et'ed it.There are thirty-three members ofthe British house or lords" of eightyyears and upward as against six oftin lower chamber. The Earl ofU'emyss tops the list with ninety-four.Mid then follow Lord Strathcona atninety-two. with Lord Nelson. LordnaNliiiry. Lord Peel. Lord Scarsdalejwhose son is Lord Ctrrzom. down toLord Roberts, who is eighty. The houser commons has but one nonagenarian,and hfs name Is Yo-nng.COAXING THE MULES.Mtthods of Stags Drivers In th Mountains of Mexico.The drivers who pilot the stagecoaches through the mountains in Mexicohave a way of their own of coaxingtheir mules along the rough roads.The method Is described by WallaceGlllpatrick in his book. "The Man WhoLikes Mexico:""If you have never ridden on a Mexican coach you have still a new sensation in store. The Chapala coachhas a cushion on top, and if you arefortunate in sharing this seat you mayride muy a gusto, seeing the countryand the manner of manipulating aneight mule team at the same time."There are two about the size of rabbits in the lead, a string of four In themiddle and two larger ones on thewheel. The driver has a whip with alash long enough to reach the leaders.His assistant has another shorter onebut his chief persuaders are rocks."The assistant earns 50 cents a dayand free Insurance against dyspepsia.He alights at the foot of every hill andfills his sombrero witb rocks on theway up. He then shies several bowlders big enough to dislocate a hip atthe leaders, and when the whole teamIs in a gallop he swings himself on tothe bor in some miraculous way. 1think he stands on the hub. He couMnever do it If he wore shoes."TRAINED TURTLES.Tricks These Clumsy Creatures MayBo Taught to Perform.Of all living creatures, says a writerIn the Strand Magazine, the turtle isundoubtedly the slowest in its movement and probably possesses the leastbrain. Yet a well known Americannaturalist has succeeded in trainingthree of these creatures to do a number of little tricks. He places them,one above the other, on spools, and Ifa piece of cabbage or other green stuffIs held out In front of them they willmake a complete circuit, all moving inunison, keeping their balance and nottumbling off.The bigger turtle will also ring abelL This it grasps-In, one of Its forefeet, Jerks it off the ground and thengives it a shake. It is quite amusingto watch tho slow, deliberate mannerIn which this Is done. The turtleshave always lived in their owner'shouse, spending their time in the kitchen hunting down the vermin.One of tho turtles draws a little cartabout the garden, a task which he apparently does not resent In the least.Of course he Is never kept harnessedfor any length of time. He Is quitetame, follows the children about thegarden and will even eat from theirfingers.When a Child Has a Convulsion.When a child is suddenly seized witlta convulsion proceed as follows: FirsLLoosen the clothing, but take off onlythe shoes and stockings.. Second.Place the child upon a bed or table,with his legs hanging over the edgefrom the knees down. Third. Put hisfeet and lower legs in a pail of hot water to which has been added one tablespoonful of powdered mustard. If youhave no mustard use hot water alone.Be very careful it is not hot enough toburn. Fourth. Put an Ice cap to thehead. Lacking an ice cap, use plentyof crac-Kcd Ice done up in a towelFifth. Give an enema of warm soapsuds. Repeat it If it is uot retainedSixth. As soon as the child in able toswallow give a large dose of castor oilDr. R. H. Dennett in Woman's FlomeCompanionPolls and Barbers' Poles.The barber is the ouly professionalman whose emblem is a pole. The emblem is a pun. A poll is a head. Tin.verb "poll" means to lop off a headThe earliest barbers were removers ofbeards. "Barba" is Latin for beardThe French called a man who shearsoff beards a barbier. But the barbieralso removed hair from the apex andadjoining regions of the head. Withthe modesty characteristic of manyprofessional men he magnified hisfunction and adopted for his emblema device which taken In its fullest siguificance would indicate that he removed the entire head. Because "poll"is pronounced the same as "pole" heconceived that a pole would be the appropriate emblem of his profession.New York SunHis Hand Bath.Arguing forcibly, if not convincingly,against the custom of taking a bath,still happily prevalent In certain quarters, an English writer relates thesavory story of a Kentish farm workor whose horny hand he grasped"Good Kent dirt," said the man. catchIng a critical glance. "Haven't hadtime to wash your hands before tea?"was the question. "Wash my 'andsrexclaimed the man, then explanatorily:"I never washes my 'anda. When thegets ard I lies 'em."Fata! Admission.Merchant What other qualificationshave you for the place? ApplicantWell, my friends tell me I have a contented disposition and MerchantYou won't do. We want a man with adiscontented disposition, one that willhustle. Philadelphia Press.Encouraging.Amusing Is a favorite threat of thefamous Dr. Keate, who used to say:"Remember, boys, you are to be pureIn heart or I'll flog you till you are.'London Answers.Musical Name.Mrs. Towne So Hiram Sharp's girlEflie has become a music teacher?Hepsibah Yes: we call her Eff Sharp.Boston Transcript.&.4-?i1ir